Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |
| 2 | Bill 's call had shaken me in more ways than one , so I dispensed with discretion . |
| 3 | For all she knows , the social services could have given me to another family . |
| 4 | On the machine build that he 's given me for this year , of which that is an example . |
| 5 | The River Thames had received them with some kindness , not passing on to them hepatitis or typhoid or any of the other plagues its waters might be carrying . |
| 6 | ‘ What do you mean to do , ’ demanded Harry , looking fiercely up at him from under drawn brows , ‘ now that you 've tricked me into this betrayal ? |
| 7 | Meryl had joined them with some reluctance after the welcoming address , but the moment had been well chosen ; Anthea and the professor had been deep in conversation with an eager group of ladies from Leicester , leaving Meryl momentarily alone . |
| 8 | Sarah had joined them through another miracle , a cloak thrown by Mary Jacobus which upheld her feet on the water . |
| 9 | The Viennese modernists , Klimt , von Hofmannsthal , Hoffmann , Moser , had only joined them in this acceptance . |
| 10 | One that has plagued me for some while . |
| 11 | I 've given them to that solicitor that |
| 12 | Contemporaries certainly regarded them in this light . |
| 13 | Contemporaries certainly regarded them in this light . |
| 14 | My family have sometimes joined me on these camps but are mainly content to be ‘ Guiding Orphans ’ as well as ‘ Medau Orphans ’ . |
| 15 | In addition to securing Commonwealth support for their position , the British sought to consolidate their own aviation policy into some definable form , something which had eluded them for several years . |
| 16 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 17 | I had expected them at that stage to do the decent thing and wait for us to catch up but , smelling their first blood of the season , they continued in much the same fashion and eventually ran out 7–0 victors . |
| 18 | In their defensive exchanges , they ceased to value what had first so attracted them to each other . |
| 19 | Somehow she felt this to be a fact , so she said , ‘ Yes — he 's trusted me with such things as letters and accounts . |
| 20 | Is it my Unconscious ( of the existence of which I have informed doubts ) that has dropped me in this plight ? |
| 21 | It 's important that we identify what desires and needs we could have in common with one another when using this approach ; if we do n't know the people concerned very well , or have not considered them in this way , we need to use the participative approach described above . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a good thing we 've booked you into this place , ’ Michael continued . |
| 23 | In court his wife Christine admitted a lesbian relationship and said her husband had once caught her with another woman . |
| 24 | And seeing Nicole had only reminded her of that fact . |
| 25 | A GRATEFUL reader who would like to thank her daughter for the surprise of a lifetime has nominated her for this week 's bouquet . |
| 26 | I had expected it at some point . |
| 27 | Because the characters and the dialogue of this offstage life were created by the original cast , we have not included it in this script . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , I 've modified it in this way . |
| 29 | This remodelling might also be contemporary with the decision to provide earthwork defences , though it could have preceded it by several years on current dating evidence ; either way , such changes mark a significant watershed in the town 's development and pose important questions about its status and function . |
| 30 | Indeed , having been brought up after the war and having heard of the plight of those poor people , one has never forgotten it in any case . |